16. Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah in Joram's fifth year as king of Israel, while Jehoshaphat was still king of Judah.
17. Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he ruled eight years from Jerusalem.
18. Jehoram disobeyed the Lord by doing wrong. He married Ahab's daughter and was as sinful as Ahab's family and the kings of Israel.
19. But the Lord refused to destroy Judah, because he had promised his servant David that someone from his family would always rule in Judah.
20. While Jehoram was king, the people of Edom rebelled and chose their own king.
21. So Jehoram and his cavalry marched to Zair, where the Edomite army surrounded him and his commanders. During the night he attacked the Edomites, but he was defeated, and his troops escaped to their homes.
22. Judah was never able to regain control of Edom. Even the town of Libnah rebelled at that time.
23. Everything else Jehoram did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.